Sometimes the things I spend my time on leave me shaking my head. This post from Accidentally Retired on how you don’t need multiple streams of income to become wealthy hit me between the eyes a bit. He also tweeted: You don’t need multiple income streams to become wealthy. You ONLY need to spend less … Read more
Crypto staking can be lucrative. See how much I earned staking Energi over the past year … Cryptocurrency has grown to disrupt the banking and finance industry in less than a generation. Following on the runaway success of Bitcoin are thousands upon thousands of competing coins. The early investors of many of these coins were … Read more
Taxes are upon us. Again. I guess we all have reason to be thankful when we have the income to be taxed, but I doubt many of us would put filing tax returns high on our lists of great ways to spend time. I’m not an early filer, but at least I’m an on-time filer … Read more
My dad passed away at the beginning of 2022 at 85. I owe a lot of who I am to him. In particular, I owe what frugal habits I have to him and my mom. Those habits have kept our family out of a lot of trouble for a long time. He was born at … Read more
Some of the most important things you can do don’t cost a cent. Here we are at the end of 2021. I won’t share anything in particular about 2021 because it’s not important enough for you to read. To be fair, I’m writing this for myself. I need to remind myself of these things going … Read more
The weather is starting to turn, and Christmas is on the horizon! How to save for Christmas? Here are a few things to try in order to save up for the holidays … Christmas gift-giving isn’t for everyone, of course, but it is a tradition for many families. Almost as much of a tradition is … Read more
Sometimes you get a message that nearly brings you to tears. State governments make a mint on lotteries. For all but a very lucky few, playing the lottery is a money-loser. And the more you play, the more likely you are to lose. There is some entertainment value in them like just about anything. It … Read more
(This was originally posted on November 2, 2008, and has been updated.) Don’t wait until times get tough to practice frugal living! Check out these little money-saving things that you can do, right now … I’ll admit that when I get a little bit of breathing room in our budget, I get lazy. I’ll go … Read more